Sixto de la Calle serves as the Head of the Private Equity practice at Eversheds Sutherland in Spain. He possesses extensive experience in advising both national and international clients in the industrial and private equity sectors on matters such as mergers, domestic and cross-border acquisitions, complex corporate restructuring processes, and the sale and acquisition of industrial companies and real estate assets in Spain.
Sixto has extensive experience in advising industrial and private equity national and foreign clients in merger and acquisition operations; corporate restructuring processes; and purchase and sale of industrial companies or real estate assets, as well as experience in advising investment funds in the acquisition of NPLs portfolios.
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His experience in this practice area includes:
- Advising the founding shareholders of Goal Systems, a leading multinational Spanish company in software, technology, and consulting for the transportation industry, in an investment by the Private Equity firm, Three Hills Capital Partners.
- Currently assisting NTT DATA in the prospective sale and transfer of one of its Spanish subsidiaries through a competitive process led by an M&A firm, targeting a variety of potential industrial and institutional bidders.
- Advising NTT DATA on the dissolution and liquidation process of one of its Spanish subsidiaries, specializing in the design and production of armored vehicles.
- Supporting NTT DATA subsidiaries on ongoing corporate and data protection issues.
- Advising a Spanish technology company involved in designing and manufacturing cameras for microsatellites in a Series B financing round. The investment round attracted both industrial and pure venture capital, including a subsidiary of NTT DATA.
- Assisting the European Innovation Council Fund and the European Investment Bank, within the framework of the Horizon Europe acceleration program aimed at strengthening the innovative business environments in Europe and Israel. As part of this program, Sixto has provided guidance to the EIC on:
- Investment rounds in Leunname Technology, in collaboration with a Private Equity investor.
- Investment rounds in Admit Therapeutics, a company focused on early Alzheimer's disease detection.
- Investment in Bound 4 Blue, a company specializing in rigid, collapsible, self-contained sail systems for integration into various vessels. The French-listed GTT also co-invested in this company.
- Investment rounds in a Spanish company developing AI software for stroke triage and decision support using non-contrast CT scans, with the potential to optimize stroke care and reduce treatment times.
- Investment rounds in a Spanish company specializing in hardware and data analytics for decoding and modulating neural networks, enhancing therapy time, and effectively restoring function and mobility for patients.
- Advising Avenue Capital in the acquisition, refinancing and subsequent sale to Ardian Infrastrucures of a wind farm located in Veciana-Cabaró, Catalonia, with an installed capacity of 30Mw.
- Advising CBRE Global Investors in the sale and transmission of the Alcalá Magna, Moraleja Green and Ociopia shopping centers.
- Advising CUBE INFRASTRUCTURE in a competitive process related to the acquisition of a majority stake in Telecom Castilla la Mancha.
- Advising Digital Bridge in a competitive process of acquiring a portfolio of telecommunications infrastructures belonging to Orange.
- Advising an international investment fund in the acquisition of a portfolio of NPLs of Banco se Santander that included 726 mortgage loans and 188 REOs.
- Advising an international investment fund in the acquisition of a portfolio of 86,000 unsecured NPLS of Banco de Santander with an OB of 295 million euros.
- Advice to VERIFICA, in an auction process for the acquisition of a portfolio of 21,000 unsecured NPLs with an OB of 278 million euros.
- Advising Genetrix on the sale of its investee Coretherapix, S.L. to the listed company of Belgian nationality TiGenix, N.V. for a total amount of 267 million euros.
- Advising Swiss Post Ventures in a financing round for Kubbo Smart Logistics, a Spanish technology, software, and logistics company.
- Advising Cube Infrastructure Fund in a competitive process related to the acquisition of a majority stake in a Spanish telecommunications company.
- Advice to SUNPARK in the transmission of a photovoltaic plant located in Andalusia in favor of private equity, Kobus Partners, specialized in renewable energies and infrastructures.
- Advice to ELLIOT ADVISORS in the granting of a financing contract for an approximate amount of 160 million euros in favor of Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación (DIA Supermarkets).
- Advice to the listed company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) in the sale and transfer of its investee Evialis Galicia (dedicated to the production of feed for animal consumption) in favor of the DeHeus group.
- La Fusión Transversal Intracomunitario a Prueba", Actualidad jurídica Aranzadi, ISSN 1132-0257, Nº 843, 2012, p. 12.
- The Private Equity practice led by Sixto, has been recognized by the prestigious "Legal 500" ranking in Tier 4, in its 202 2 edition.
- The Corporate and M&A Department has been recognized by "Chambers & Partners" Band 5 in its 2022 edition.
- The Corporate and M&A Department has been recognized by the prestigious "Legal 500" ranking (Tier 4) in its 2022 edition.
- Eversheds Sutherland is listed as "Highly Recommended” in Private Equity by the ranking of the publication Leaders League in its 2021 edition.
- Partner in the Corporate and M&A Department at Eversheds Sutherland (2024-present)
- Of Counsel in the Corporate and M&A Department at Eversheds Sutherland (feb 2016- 2024)
- Secretary of the Board of Directors at Satlantis Microsats. (2015 - 2018)
- Main Associate at the Corporate and M&A Department, CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo. (2013-2016)
- Associate of the Corporate and M&A Department, Ashurst. (2007 - 2013)
- Lawyer of the Commercial Department, KPMG Abogados. (2004 - 2007)
- Master’s in business legal advice, Instituto de Empresa (IE). (2002 – 2003)
- Higher Degree in Business Management, CEU Luis Vives. (1996 – 2001)
- Law Degree, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares. (1996 – 2001)